AZERI YOUTH MOVEMENT LEADER ACCUSED IN COOPERATION WITH ARMENIAN SPECIAL SERVICES

PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan's Office of Prosecutor General has released a statement, that says their officers have taken into custody Ruslan Bashirli, the leader of Yeni Fikir youth movement. Bashirli, who is close with People's Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), is suspected in cooperation with Armenian special services and is arrested on the basis of a statement of youth organization another member - Osman Alimuradov. According to the latter, July 28-29 he and Bashirli "visited Tbilisi, where they met with certain Georgi Ispiryan and Vardan, who were actually Armenian special services officers." PFPA flatly denies these accusations and calls the happening a provocation. "The provocative report says that allegedly Bashirli met with Ispiryan in a private flat and the latter promised the Yeni Fikir leader comprehensive assistance in organizing a "colored revolution" in Azerbaijan and PFPA leader Ali Kerimli coming to power. Ispiryan promised to provide opposition with discreditable information about the Azeri authorities and gave $2 thousand to Bashirli on receipt. He also told Bashirli that the assistance of that kind will be provided periodically," PFPA release says. The PFPA has urged international community not to keep indifferent towards the lot of Yeni Fikir activists and protect R. Bashirli, reported IA Regnum.